Package delivery arrangement



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PACKAGE DELIVERY ARRANGEMENT Original Filed June 11 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet l arch M, 1937.. G. F. ROBERTS ET AL PACKAGE DELIVERY ARRANGEMENT Original Filed June 11, 1934 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ema-Hi ts ads Eaum EH05 EYE March 16, 1937. G. F. ROBERTS ET AL finfi PACKAGE DELIVERY ARRANGEMENT Original Filed June 11, 1934 s Sheets-Shet s Jbzleniar HEUPBBEHU .Jmm I-B Patented Mar. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PACKAGE DELIVERY ARRANGEMENT George F. Roberts and John I Beyette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, assignors to Angus Robertson, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Application June 11, 1934, Serial No. 730,140

Renewed January 23, 1937 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in package deliviery arrangement particularly of the type designed to be adapted to an outside door to receive bottles of milk, and the objects 5 of the invention are to provide a simple and sanitary arrangement for the reception of bottles of milk which will retain them in a locked receptacle after delivery and which will enable a plurality of bottles to be removed from the 10 door and transported in a single container.

Further objects of the invention are to provide simple means for retaining a milk ticket or other token for the delivery man and to provide simple locking means by which the recep- 5 tacle opening may be closed and locked by the delivery man.

Further objects still are generally to improve and simplify the construction of the device the better to adapt it to perform the functions re- 20 quired of it.

The invention consists essentially of the improved construction hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specifications and drawings.

'25 Referring to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a door having the invention applied thereto taken from the outside of the door.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the inside of the door.

30 Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation.

Fig. 4 is a detail in elevation of the locking means for the closing member.

Fig. 5' is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

35 Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line l! of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a sectional side elevation.

Fig. 9 is a sectional plan view.

In the drawings like characters of reference 40 indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a door such as the outside door of a house, which has an aperture l therein which aperture is surrounded by an annular metallic frame H, hav- 45 ing flanges l2 and I3 embracing the inside and outside of the door respectively. B indicates a hinged closing member for the aperture, hinged at M to the member II and having a suitable spring locking latch associated therewith. This 50 locking latch in the embodiment illustrated comprises a sliding latch iii mounted within a cover plate It adapted to engage a slot IT in the member ID, being spring-held in engaged position by a compression spring 18 extending 55 between the shoulders l9 on the latch and a fixed abutment member 20 on the member B, the latch being formed with a slot 2! extending around the abutment member and permitting the latch to slide a limited distance longitudinally with respect to the same. The latch is designed to be held in looking position by means of a locking lever 22 pivoted to a longitudinally adjustable pin or shaft 23 mounted in a boss 24 on the member 16, the said pin extending through an additional slot 24a. in a hinged plate 26 and carrying at its lower end an engaging collar 25 adapted to engage the underside of said hinged plate 26, which is hinged to the inner end of the latch whereby when the locking lever 22 is swung to the position shown in Figure 6 the hinged plate will be raised so that its extremities will fail to engage with looking pins 2'! and 28 on the member B, the hinged plate in its uppermost position being engaged by the end of a flat spring 29 the opposite end of which is fixed to the member B.

The locking lever 22 is formed with a square end 30 which enables it to be held in either the full line position or the dotted line position indicated in Figure 6. When the locking lever is in the dotted line position of Figure 6, which is the full line position shown in Figure 5, the hinged plate will lie fiat against the surface of member B, and will when the latch is moved engage the pins 21 and 28 preventing the latch from being moved to the unlocked position. When, however, the lever 22 is in the full line position shown in Figure 6 the hinged plate will be raised and the latch may be released by means of the handle C on the exterior of the member 5 B which is connected to a pin 31 extending through the member B, having at its inner end a squared section 32 on which is mounted a lever plate 33 having arms 34 and 35 which bear against a flange 36 carried by the latch. In this 40 way, when the handle C is turned the lever arms will move the latch if the latch is free to move having regard to the position of the hinged plate 26.

On the inner side of the container a receptacle 4.5 E is provided for the milk bottle. This container is conveniently in the form of a cage made from wire mesh conveniently of the form shown in Figures 8 and 9. In the plan view the container is triangular and adapted to receive at least three large milk bottles. It is provided at the top with a handle 3'! and one side thereof is provided with an aperture 39 preferably larger than the aperture ID in the door A. The receptacle E is releasably held in position and for this purpose is provided at the top with a cross bar 40 having an aperture 4| designed to fit over a fixed pin 42 on the flange I2. This pin is provided on the upper side with a notch 43 adapted to receive the end of a sliding plate 44 mounted on the cross bar between the cross bar 40 itself and a space plate 45, a pin 46 extending through a slot 41 in the plate 44.

In order firmly to retain the receptacle E in position a hinged plate 48 is provided on the lower side of the flange I2 having a hook shaped ending 49 adapted to engage a correspondingly hook shaped portion 50 on the lower side of the aperture in the receptacle E. If desired this plate may be swung upwardly partly to cover the opening ID. If desired its length may be made sufiicient to cover the entire opening. The ticket to be received by the delivery man may be readily held in a spring clip provided on the casing l6.

In using the device the lever 22 will be turned to the released position, the ticket will be placed in position, the delivery man will then be able to open the door, take the ticket, put the milk bottles in the receptacle E which has previously been placed in position, then move the lever 22 to locking position as shown in Figure 6, close the door, the spring latch moving then to locking position, and the member B may not then be opened from the outside.

Various modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the claims and, therefore, the exact forms shown are to be taken as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense, and we desire that only such limitations shall be placed thereon as are imposed by the prior art or are specifically set forth in the appended claims.

What we claim is:

l. A delivery arrangement comprising a casing member adapted to extend around an aperture in a door, said casing member being provided with inner and outer flanges, a plate hingedly connected to the low-er side of the inner flange, a fixed pin mounted on the upper side of said inner flange, a receptacle having an aperture adapted to register with the aperture in the door, said receptacle being removably attached to the hinged plate and having at its top a cross bar with an opening through which the pin may project, a sliding plate on the cross bar adapted to cooperate with a notchin the fixed pin removably to retain the receptacle in place, a door hingedly connected to the casing through which access may be gained to the receptacle, and means for automatically locking said door when it is closed.

2. A delivery arrangement comprising a casing member adapted to extend around an aperture in a door, a receptacle removably secured to the inner side of said casing member, a door hingedly connected to the outer side of the casing, a handle mounted in the door operatively connected to a latch member on the inside of the door, a plate hingedly connect-ed to the latch member adapted normally to engage a pin to hold the latch member inlocked position, and locking means mounted on and operable from the inner side of the door, said locking means having means for lifting the hinged plate free of the pin to release the catch member.

GEORGE F. ROBERTS. JOHN I. BEYETTE. 

